CABOURG
Cabourg, the seaside resort of Proust created 150 years ago sees its tourism rise in 1894. Its rich and pretty villas preserve its out of date and romantic charm from the years 1900. The famous Marcel Proust", in sea front, enables you to discover the “Grand Hotel” and the Casino. A fine sand beach is here to welcome you.
Activities and leisure
The film festival, the romantic days, the European days (in June)
2 =golf clubs open all year (18-hole course Cabourg le Home and 9 hole public golf course)
Water activities (kite surf, speed sail…)
Horse riding, squash, go carting, tennis, swimming pool, beach activity clubs, horse races, casino, cinemas,library, art galleries, pedestrian footpaths
Boat and bike hire...
NEARBY
- Dives sur mer (hardly 2 km): its markets from XIV and XV centuries, the Village of William the Conqueror, the Notre Dame Church from the XI, XIV, XV centuries. Port -Guillaume connected to Cabourg by a pedestrian footbridge.
- Houlgate (4 km): an architectural heritage from the XIX century.
IN THE AREA
The Flowered Coast which extends from Cabourg to Honfleur, enables you to visit prestigious seaside resorts and proposes many activities: Deauville (19 km): its famous boardwalk, its casino, its very beautiful residences, the thalassotherapy, the American film festival (in September) and the Asian film festival (in March-April), the horse fairs, the horse races
Trouville (20 km): picturesque fishing port Pont l’Evêque (33 km): the old Dominican convent
Honfleur (50 km): the city of the painters –the Eugene Boudin museum and many art galleries - the Russian film festival (in November), the old basin, the Ste Catherine Church and its separated tower, the Normandy Bridge .
The Pays d’Auge and its picturesque country lanes and villages of Cambremer, Bonnebosq, Beuvron-en-Auge, its stud farms, manors (manor of the Bishops with Canapville) castles (Crèvecoeur-en-Auge), religious buildings (the ST Thérèse basilica of Lisieux).
The Cider Route “Route du Cidre”, a 40km circuit in the heart of the “Pays d’Auge”.
The landing beaches, historical places where you will find the relics of the battle of Normandy (Arromanches, Omaha-Beach, Utah, Juno, the American cemetery of Colleville sur mer, the “pointe du Hoc”...).
The area being rich by its inheritance, its generous nature and its historical past, it is difficult to give an exhaustive list of the possibilities of visits, but one should not pass beside Caen, city of William the Conqueror, its castle, its abbeys, the Memorial
Bayeux, the tapestry carried out in the XI century, the Notre Dame cathedral and the castles in the Bessin region.
The English Channel is only at two hours drive from Cabourg .
You should as well not miss “the Mont-Saint-Michel”, the beaches and marshes of Cotentin (Granville, Chausey, le Cap de La Hague, Cherbourg (the City of the sea)...